aldres, 823; ealdres, 2791, 2444;
aldres orwēna,
_despairing
of life_, 1003, 1566; ealdres scyldig, _having
forfeited life_, 1339, 2062; dat.
Beowulf
sg.
aldor, 669; dat.
sg.
ealdre, 593; aldre, 346.
ealdor, aldor, st.
n.
, _life_: acc.
sg.
aldor, 1372; dat.
sg.
aldre, 1448,
1525; ealdre, 2600; him on aldre stōd herestrǣl hearda (in vitalibus),
1435; nalles for ealdre mearn, _was not troubled about his life_, 1443; of
ealdre gewāt, _went out of life, died_, 2625; as instr.
aldre, 662, 681,
etc.
; ealdre, 1656, 2134, etc.
; gen.
sg.
aldres, 823; ealdres, 2791, 2444;
aldres orwēna,
_despairing
of life_, 1003, 1566; ealdres scyldig, _having
forfeited life_, 1339, 2062; dat.
pl.
aldrum nēðdon, 510, 538.
--Phrases: on
aldre (_in life_), _ever_, 1780; tō aldre (_for life_), _always_, 2006,
2499; āwa tō aldre, _for ever and ever_, 956.
ealdor-bealu, st.
n.
, _life's evil_: acc.
sg.
þū .
.
.
ondrǣdan ne þearft .
.
.
aldorbealu eorlum, _thou needest not fear death for the courtiers_, 1677.
ealdor-cearu, st.
